Allergic reaction fun

So the last two days have been a bit crazy! Last night my lower lip started swelling and my throat started to get tight. I could still breathe but was a bit wheezy and coughing badly.

I rang the new nhs helpline who were lovely and wanted to send an ambulance for me!! I didnt want them to as I thought I would be ok to drive there. As my throat got tighter whilst on the phone the lady decided I had to have an ambulance!! Two came!!! After some tests and my breathing improving they decided that if I took some antihistamines that I should be ok.

So after filling in what seemed like an endless amount of paperwork the paramedics left, not until one teased me about having no friends and the other sneezing as she was allergic to my cat.

I went to the pharmacist who said I needed to see my GP as he thought I had tonsillitus! Jeez!! When I got home I took the anti histamines and then went to sleep.

I then woke up this morning with the whole if my face swollen, my mouth, neck and throat, cheeks- you name it, it was swollen.

I took a photo and sent it to my mum who said I lookes like I had been in a car crash! So at 5am I drove to A&E. I was seen really quickly and was given some steroids to bring down the swellin and told that it would be the GP to deal with the reaction in future unless I couldnt breathe.

I managed to get an appointment with the GP who worked out that I was having a reaction to my antidepressants! He said I needed to stop taking them straight away so I'm now going cold turkey!

I expect that over the next week or so I will start having withdrawl symptoms which means headaches, sickness etc!!

What fun to look forward to!  I expect that I will feel crappy for a few days but I'm sure I will be ok after working through it!

SP